ABSTRACT
It is no surprise that after the long-running conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, many Israelis do not regard the Palestinians as their favourite neighbours – and vice versa. When we look at various prejudices and social phobias directly within Israeli Jewish society, we find that there is great animosity between secular Israelis and the ultra-Orthodox Haredim as well (see Ben-Yehuda, 2010). Then imagine what kinds of reactions are triggered by people who belong among the most traditional Haredim and concurrently profess themselves to be Palestinians. It is precisely the Israeli – or, actually, the Palestinian – faction of the international anti-Zionist Jewish platform Neturei Karta that falls into this category. 1 In Jerusalem it was headed by Rabbi Moshe Hirsch until his death in 2010; its leader today is his son Yisrael Meir Hirsch.
